HAVE TO CLEAR OUT SNOW AHEAD OF THE SUPER BOWL IN JUST OVER A WEEK. AN UNUSUAL WARNING FROM PORTSMOUTH POLICE TONIGHT, DIRECTED TO HEROIN USERS. AFTER THREE OVERDOSES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, POLICE ARE URGING DRUG USERS TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. OUR JEAN MACKIN SPOKE WITH POLICE INVESTIGATING THE OVERDOSES AND JOINS US LIVE FROM THE PORTSMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT. JEAN? WELL, THIS IS THE PRESS RELEASE AND IT SAYS RIGHT HERE IN BLACK AND WHITE, WE ASK EVERYBODY USING HEROIN FROM A LOCAL SOURCE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. POLICE HERE IN PORTSMOUTH SAY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS THEY DO ALERT DRUG USERS BECAUSE THEIR CHIEF PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT AND SAVE LIVES. POLICE SAY THEY'VE HAD THREE SEPARATE HEROIN OVERDOSES, ONE LAST NIGHT, TWO TODAY. THEY ARE NOT RELEASING THE PEOPLE'S NAMES OR CONDITIONS, NOT EVEN CONFIRMING IF THEY ARE ALIVE OR DEAD. POLICE SAY AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T KNOW IF ALL THREE USED HEROIN FROM THE SAME SOURCE. WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME TYPE OF HEROIN HERE ON THE SEACOAST AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EXTREMELY POTENT OR PERHAPS TAINTED, BUT CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD THREE PEOPLE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IN THIS COMMUNITY ALONE THAT HAVE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SO IT'S VERY CONCERNING. POLICE SAY HEROIN IS CERTAINLY PREVALENT AT 5 OR $10 A DOSE, IT IS CONSIDERED CHEAP. HEROIN CAN BE SNORTED, CAN BE SWALLOWED, BUT IN ALL THREE OF THESE OVERDOSE CASES POLICE SAY

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